Is Gible Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
A post-game catch: Gible appears in the Safari Zone's Rocky Beach only after a long object setup, and the objects unlock with the National Dex. Dragon/Ground with AbilitySand Veil for evasion in sandstorm. Garchomp at level 48 is one of the strongest non-legendary Pokemon. From a level 44 Safari catch the climb to Garchomp is short, and 600 BST handles everything left.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Gible resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Garchomp trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Gible in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44). Requires 49 Plains and 49 Peak objects placed in Rocky Beach.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- LV 44GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
Evolve Gible to Gabite
Gible evolves into Gabite at Level 24. You get it at Level 44, past Level 24, so it evolves into Gabite the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 33DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- LV 40GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
- LV 49DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
Evolve Gabite to Garchomp
Gabite evolves into Garchomp at Level 48. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Lance.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
- LV 55DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
How to Get Gible in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Gible has one spot in HeartGold and SoulSilver: the Safari Zone's Rocky Beach, in the post-game. It appears there at Level 44 once 49 Plains and 49 Peak objects are placed in that area, and those objects unlock only after you get the National Dex.
Wild Gible may be holding when caught:
Haban Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Dragon-type attack.1 location to catch Gible
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Gible in HGSS
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Gible.
How to Get Shiny Gible in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Gible breeds up its shiny, so pair it with a foreign parent the Masuda way for a shiny of its own. Compare Shiny Gible odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Gible Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Gible.
Gible Weakness
Gible's Dragon/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Dragon. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gible Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Gible
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gible View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 4x261-308%KO Dragon Pulse 2x82-97% | ||
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gible View Altaria builds →Ice Beam 4x150-177%KO Dragon Pulse 2x107-127%KO | ||
 Delibird Ice | D | |
 Dragonair Dragon | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Dragons Den Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gible View Dragonair builds →Ice Beam 4x150-177%KO Dragon Rush 2x135-159%KO | ||
Gible Evolutions
Gible kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Gabite all the way to Garchomp. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 300 total stats over Gible. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gible easily with 30 breeding partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Double-Edge, Dragon Breath and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Gible Best Moveset
Dragon/Ground at 70 Attack and 42 Speed previewing Garchomp's dominance. AbilitySand Veil raises evasion in sandstorm. The moveset has basic Dragon and Ground attacks. Gabite leads to Garchomp, and Garchomp changes the tier entirely.
Best Build
Gible best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Outrage
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Body Slam and Double-Edge on Gible. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Draco Meteor and Outrage, they expand what Gible can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It nests in horizontal holes warmed by geothermal heat. Foes who get too close can expect to be pounced on and bitten.
Gible HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Gible?
See the Locations section above for where to find Gible in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Gible from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Gible easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Gible in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Haban Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Haban Berry.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Gible has 300 BST and evolves into Gabite. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Gible appears in 14 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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